Author Archives: Abbi Parcell

LIVE: MUSE – Newport Centre, Newport 19.03.15

If there’s one band that can announce a tour with a weeks notice and absolutely smash it, its space-rock gods Muse. The Devonshire trio took to the stage at the tiny Newport Centre last Thursday, and ripped through a phenomenal…

ALBUM: Mini Mansions ‘The Great Pretenders’

Rating: Get ready to be thrown into a pit of ’80s synth fuelled psychedellica, with the release of Mini Mansion’s second full-length studio album, The Great Pretenders. The LA 3 piece are a band that are elegant yet still manage to remain…

LIVE: Drenge – The Dome, London 12.02.15

The former Sheffield duo, now trio, Drenge took to the stage at The Dome in London’s Tufnell park on Thursday night to deliver an insane thirteen song set, giving them the chance to test drive a few of their new tracks…

LIVE: The Weeks – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 21.01.15

Rating: The mostly Mississippi quintet The Weeks – probably best known for touring with Kings of Leon in recent years – graced a disappointingly tiny crowd in the equally tiny ‘Clwb Ifor Bach’ in Cardiff with their presence last Wednesday. I…

ALBUM: Marilyn Manson ‘The Pale Emperor’

Rating: Goth god Marilyn Manson has finally released his much anticipated ninth studio album, The Pale Emperor (the perfect description of the man himself). Fans expectations of the sound of Manson’s new album have been up in the air since his surprisingly glam rock…

Robert Plant LIVE @ Newport Centre, 9.11.14

Golden God and former Zeppelin front man Robert Plant kicked off his UK tour at a jam-packed Newport Centre on Sunday night. Support came from New Yorkers ‘The Last Internationale’, a trio with one of the strongest female vocalists that…